Why no Twin Turbo v6 mustang like the F150 engine?

[Competition Orange]

Interesting take.

You spelled dumb wrong.

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[BmacIL]

You spelled dumb wrong.

I was trying to be kind.

 

[Cavpilot2k]

A twin turbo V6 would potentially eat a 5.0 for lunch.

Once heavily modified sure, but not in a production car (at least not without going $100k+ like a GT-R). Look at other Production TT 6-cylinder sports cars, and they are all in the similar ballpark (I use the BMW M2 Competition or M4 as a benchmark). Similar numbers to the GT (but faster due to better power delivery and less weight).

 

[MikeyV]

I respect you BMac. It's big of you not to call me names because I don't prefer V6s. Please continue...

V6s may work perfectly fine, make plenty of power (GTR/Ford GT) but I stand by what I said, that the V6 is the least noble of the cylinder configurations.

And if it weren't for the GT and the GTR, you guys would have problems coming up with anything good.

 

[Hack]

Agreed. A TTV6 would make similar power to the V8 and not sound nearly as good.
The V8 and its sound is the reason I am considering a Mustang instead of the TTI6 BMW M2Competition, despite the mustang being slower, bigger, and heavier.

My thinking is similar. I was recently watching some reviews of the M2 competition, and now that it got a bigger engine making more power I have thought seriously about a test drive.

Then I remembered that 6 cylinder engines usually sound like garbage. I remember the last time I drove some BMWs. As I left the car lot I opened the exhaust in the Mustang and felt very happy to be back in a car that sounds good.

 

[Loki-GT]

Once heavily modified sure, but not in a production car (at least not without going $100k+ like a GT-R). Look at other Production TT 6-cylinder sports cars, and they are all in the similar ballpark (I use the BMW M2 Competition or M4 as a benchmark). Similar numbers to the GT (but faster due to better power delivery and less weight).

Well, there are tune only Lincoln MKZ's running mid 12's right now and they are fat pigs at 4200 lbs, I'm getting ready to tune mine, mid 12's is more than enough to beat plenty of Mustang's out there. Would I buy a TTV6 Mustang, no but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be very fast, 400lbs less in my '18 A10 GT puts it damn near where my Mustang runs right now.

 

[Bluemustang]

I think a TT V6 would be awesome. I'd drive that.

Ford would never do it for a Mustang because 1. They are trying to get rid of the V6. 2. It would be too close in performance to the Coyote and would make the the Ecoboost obsolete essentially.

There's no reason for Ford to do this from a marketing & product segment standpoint.

 

[MikeyV]

I could see the 4-door Stang with a 2.7 Ecoboost V6. That whole sentence makes me want to puke, but I can see it happening.

 

[Cavpilot2k]

4-door Stang with a 2.7 Ecoboost V6.

In other words, a muscled-up Taurus SVT.

They can call it a 4-door mustang all they want, but any such car will still just be a dressed up Taurus.

 

[TomcatDriver]

I could see the 4-door Stang with a 2.7 Ecoboost V6. That whole sentence makes me want to puke, but I can see it happening.

That was funny.

 

[Bluemustang]

In other words, a muscled-up Taurus SVT.

They can call it a 4-door mustang all they want, but any such car will still just be a dressed up Taurus.

On an unrelated note, I hate how Dodge made the Charger a 4dr. The Charger is not a 4 dr. The Challenger I like but not the Charger, certainly not a 4dr. Mustang.

 

[SpeedLu]

I could see the 4-door Stang with a 2.7 Ecoboost V6. That whole sentence makes me want to puke, but I can see it happening.

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[Shifting_Gears]

Forget the EB V6. Bring us the turbo I6’s from the Aussie cars!!!

That’s a pipe dream at best, but that’s the only non-V8 Mustang I’d consider at this point in time.

 

[zackmd1]

I could see the new Lincoln Aviator drivetrain making its way into a 7th gen mustang.... Twin Turbo 3.0 V6 with an electrified 10 speed. I do not think you would ever see a 3.5 ecoboost make its way into the Mustang but I can see the 2.7-3.0 generation make it. The 2.7-3.0 would be low enough in power (in stock trim) to not compete with the V8 but still be a good bump over the I4. As @BmacIL said, they apparently did not fit in the S550 without major modification but the 7th gen platform should be built around the 2.7-3.0 architecture if indeed it is going to be a shared platform.

In the meantime, I am planning to build my own 3.7 ecoboost...

 

[BmacIL]

I respect you BMac. It's big of you not to call me names because I don't prefer V6s. Please continue...

V6s may work perfectly fine, make plenty of power (GTR/Ford GT) but I stand by what I said, that the V6 is the least noble of the cylinder configurations.

And if it weren't for the GT and the GTR, you guys would have problems coming up with anything good.

I definitely don't agree, particularly on sound (I drove all the 2015 S550 variants and vastly preferred the V6 to the Ecoboost on sound alone). There are some good V6s out there. I get that everyone has preferences though.

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